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30 years of food safety standouts

By Guest Opinion on January 26, 2023

Editor’s note: This column and profiles of the 16 food safety champions (four not pictured above) was originally published by Quality Assurance magazine. It is reprinted here with permission. To read profiles of the individual…

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Publisher’s Platform: Memories of a Naughty and Nice List

By Bill Marler on November 27, 2022

— OPINION —

I have been thinking it has been some time since I dug into a Naughty or Nice list. Here is one we at Food Safety News put together (with input from readers)…

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GAO office says FDA’s hands shouldn’t be tied on food package chemicals

By Coral Beach on November 11, 2022

The Government Accountability Office says the FDA should have the power to ask for and receive information from food companies about food packaging and food production surfaces in relation to chemical contamination.

In a report…

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Abbott Nutrition puts up $500 million for new state of art baby formula production

By Dan Flynn on October 25, 2022

Abbott Nutrition’s Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, Robert Ford has announced that his company is putting up $500 million for a new infant formula manufacturing facility at a location yet to be determined.

His announcement…

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FDA leader hiring affiliated foundation to review problems at food side of agency

By Coral Beach on July 19, 2022

UPDATED — This version of this story includes quotes from Commissioner Robert Califf and U.S. Rep. Rosa Delauro.

A shakeup of the chain of command at the FDA may be coming, but the beginning…

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U.S. representative livid about new information in infant formula crisis

By Coral Beach on June 10, 2022

A member of Congress and consumer groups are expressing shock and asking hard questions about reports of additional infant deaths attributed to baby formula from Abbott Nutrition.

Following a report on Wednesday citing a Food…

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Congressional subcommittee to investigate shortages of infant formula linked to outbreak

By Coral Beach on May 13, 2022

A subcommittee of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee is set to begin a hearing on infant formula shortages, which are related to recalls of products linked to an outbreak of cronobacter infections.

The…
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Former employee blows whistle on baby formula production plant tied to outbreak

By Coral Beach on April 28, 2022

A whistle blower document regarding product safety at a plant that manufactured infant formula linked to a deadly, ongoing outbreak provides damning information against Abbott Nutrition, the maker of Similac and other popular formulas that…
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Food recalls are a changing mix without being mandatory

By Dan Flynn on December 28, 2021

After a decade of food recalls under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), not everything has turned out as expected.

President Barack Obama signed the FSMA into law during the first week of 2011. Among…
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Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock grilled on FDA food safety budget

By Dan Flynn on May 17, 2021

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) and House Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food, and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chair Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), have sent a letter to Food and…

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